Discussion paper

DP6935 Ranking Israel's Economists

One of the more important measures of a scholar?s research impact is the number of times that the scholar?s work is cited by other researchers as a source of knowledge. This paper conducts a first of its kind examination on Israel?s academic economists and economics departments, ranking them according to the number of citations on their work. It also provides a vista into one of the primary reasons given by junior Israeli economists for an unparalleled brain drain from the country - discrepancies between research impact and promotion.
The type of examination carried out in this paper can now be easily replicated in other fields and in other countries utilizing freely-available citations data and compilation software that have been made readily accessible in recent years.

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Citation

Ben-David, D (2008), ‘DP6935 Ranking Israel's Economists‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6935. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp6935